1979–80 Yugoslav First League

The 1979–80 Yugoslav First League was won by Red Star Belgrade.

Yugoslav First League
Season1979–80
Dates15 July 1979 – 29 June 1980
ChampionsRed Star (13th title)
RelegatedOsijek
Čelik
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Zagreb
UEFA CupSarajevo
Radnički Niš
Napredak Kruševac
Matches played272
Top goalscorerSafet Sušić
Dragoljub Kostić
(17 goals each)

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1978–79 season and two sides promoted from the 1978–79 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

NK Zagreb and OFK Belgrade were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Vardar and Čelik.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League
Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1978–79
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01111th
Budućnost Titograd Titograd  SR Montenegro 0066th
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0022nd
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0011st
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac  SR Serbia 01414th
Olimpija Ljubljana  SR Slovenia 01616th
Osijek Osijek  SR Croatia 01313th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 01515th
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia 0077th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0033rd
Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia 01010th
Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0044th
Sloboda Tuzla  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia N/A
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0055th
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 01212th
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th

Death of Marshal Tito

The season's week 25 derby match Hajduk vs. Red Star on 4 May 1980 at Poljud Stadium featured a mass display of public grief.

Played on a Sunday afternoon, the contest was in the 41st minute when three men entered the pitch, signaling to the referee, Husref Muharemagić of Janja, to stop the match. After the match was halted, the Mayor of Split, Ante Skataretiko, took to the microphone to inform the 50,000+ crowd that Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito had died.

This was followed with sudden scenes of mass crying; some players, such as Hajduk's twenty-one-year-old striker Zlatko Vujović, collapsed down to the ground and weeped as the crowd launched into a rendition of "Druže Tito, mi ti se kunemo", a popular personality cult song that professes loyalty and devotion to Comrade Tito.

Meanwhile at Koševo Stadium during the FK Sarajevo vs. NK Osijek match, the news broke out of Tito's death broke in the 43rd minute with the contest locked at 1-1.

The matches - along with a third between Dinamo and Zeljeznicar - were immediately abandoned, with the decision being made by the Yugoslav FA to declare the matches null and void, and order replays two and a half weeks later on Wednesday, 21 May 1980 at the same stadiums.

Red Star won the derby replay 3-1.[1]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 34 19 10 5 54 26 +28 48 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Sarajevo 34 17 7 10 55 41 +14 41 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Radnički Niš 34 14 11 9 49 32 +17 39
4 Napredak Kruševac 34 13 13 8 41 27 +14 39
5 Hajduk Split 34 15 8 11 53 44 +9 38
6 Sloboda Tuzla 34 13 9 12 44 37 +7 35
7 Vardar 34 10 15 9 43 41 +2 35
8 Velež 34 13 8 13 44 39 +5 34 Qualification for Balkans Cup
9 Željezničar 34 9 15 10 41 47 −6 33
10 Rijeka 34 12 9 13 34 47 −13 33
11 Budućnost 34 10 12 12 34 34 0 32
12 Dinamo Zagreb 34 9 14 11 43 44 −1 32 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
13 Partizan 34 10 12 12 31 37 −6 32
14 Borac Banja Luka 34 11 8 15 34 42 −8 30
15 Olimpija 34 11 8 15 30 45 −15 30
16 Vojvodina 34 12 6 16 33 53 −20 30
17 Osijek (R) 34 10 9 15 28 34 −6 29 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Čelik (R) 34 5 12 17 22 43 −21 22
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Champions: Red Star Belgrade
PlayerLeague
MatchesGoals
Srebrenko Repčić337
Cvijetin Blagojević312
Milan Jovin311
Dušan Savić2811
Vladimir Petrović285
Miloš Šestić284
Zlatko Krmpotić250
Zoran Filipović246
Zdravko Borovnica240
Nedeljko Milosavljević233
Živan Ljukovčan (goalkeeper)230
Ivan Jurišić190
Dragan Miletović180
Dušan Nikolić161
Slavoljub Muslin150
Đorđe Milovanović143
Boško Đurovski141
Nikola Jovanović140
Aleksandar Stojanović (goalkeeper)110
Radomir Savić93
Srboljub Stamenković10
Zoran Mitić10
Borisav Mitrović10
Head coach: Branko Stanković

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Safet Sušić Sarajevo 17
Dragoljub Kostić Napredak Kruševac
3 Zlatko Kranjčar Dinamo Zagreb 14
4 Dušan Savić Red Star 13
5 Mersad Kovačević Sloboda Tuzla 12
Dragan Okuka Velež
Ranko Đorđić Čelik
8 Zlatko Vujović Hajduk Split 11
9 Vasil Ringov Vardar 10
Milan Radović Rijeka
Dragan Vujović Budućnost

See also

References
  1. Hajduk-RedStar 1:3, re-play
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